Our Farm stand is now closed.  It has been a great year and I wish to thank each and every one of you who participated in enjoying all our produce.  Without your support I am sure I would not grow.   I want to thank my Brother, Craig for his work on the audisacres.com web site.  He has taken the time off his busy schedule to update and construct a wonderful site.  Also wish to thank Bob Saviano for his part in providing Audis Acres Natural Farms with all the great salsa, dips, bbqs, salad dressings, jams, hot sauces and marinades. Nancy Hough, for all my packaging labels and cards.  Thanking my Sons Corey and Jesse.  A big thank you to Certified natural for there part in taking the responsibility of certifying our farm and providing us with an alternate source for Organic certification.  The fertell dealers for providing me with Organic fertilizers. Our 4 horses, Champ, Little Bit, Sudden, {Godzilla} and Sonny for their part in providing the necessary nutrients in our fields.  Hope McComb, from "For Woman today" Magazine for the advertising in that magazine.  Local Harvest for listing me on their web site.  Illinois Specialty Crop Association for printing some of our Organic vegetable recipes in their newsletters.  Illinois herb association. WSPYF.M 107.1  WSPY T.V 30 WSQR A.M. 1180 Barb Nadeau News in her interest in our Honey Bee operation along with our Organics program, Bob Costigan, News Director. My customers, Roxanne, Sandi, Scott, Noemi, Ralph, Molly, Mike and Mary, Lori, Liz, Laura Karen, Julie, Steve, Jerry, Jamie, Diane, Cliff, Chris, Anette, Corey, Karl, Jim, Cathy, Paul, Dick, Ron, Charles, Ray, Carlotta, Cher, Darin, Dee, Dee, Frank, Gibs, Gina, Gloria, Joe and on and on.
   Next year promises to be bigger and better.  Both my wife and I are appearing on T.V  Barb Nadeau, from WSPY T.V. 30 will be interviewing us.  We will be talking about the plight of our nations Honey Bees along with facts on  our Bees and the impact on our Organic farming operations.  Stay tuned for that.  We will let all of you know when we will be on.  Some of you have sent me your favorite recipes.  I have tried some and promise to try them all.  I will be listing them in future emails as the year progresses.  I tried sweet potatoes this year and they were a success. So I will offer them for next year.  More Broccoli for all you Broccoli buffs. Much more turnips and potatoes.   Also new for next year will be 4 different types of Basil.  All my apple trees died so I will not have any apples, but should have plums.  Our vegetables are raised using most of the NOP (National Organics Program) guidelines and standards.  No artificial fertilizers, nor any harmful pesticides, fungicides, insecticides or herbicides are used.  It takes a lot of work to raise pesticide and herbicide free vegetables.  We concentrate on taste and quality.  We continue to weed vegetables on our hands and knees.  Sometimes it takes us all day long to weed just a few of rows.  Some days our hands and knees are sore at the end of the day; but this hard work along with choosing the right types of vegetables for this area are crucial factors in quality and taste.  It is important to let you know that although we are not a certified organic farm, we are a certified natural farm.